The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-10

he tendency OF foreignera to colonizs In
ections OF the cities. WI 4
In ChicaSo there were 1000 Bohomiaua
n one quarter, and there were hardly five
Evangelical lninistoYu In the whole coun.
Try who speak the language OF this class.
The church, no Bald, wa, perhaps, not
ripo for union, but she was rott!ng for
snut OF cooperation. The remark that
Chicago wac the only city that had legally |
the Anarchists was bo!eterous.
ly npplanded, an was pleasant wltticlhm
to tho effect that hs had. found, ono good
use for tho devil IN tho fact that he Was
told when he set!lsd In Chicago Tint tho
churchea were 60 busy fighting his Satanic
MSjesly that they had no Time to 6gh! one
another ',.'s
IMMIGRATION. i
The subject was ably presented by Prof..
Hjslncr Il. BoyeGep, OF Columbia Col
lego. The obvious deterioration In qualify
OF the immigrants pouring in upon the
country in such largo numbers was ON.
phSsised sEd explained Another dc.
p!orable fact wg8 that in our public
schools tho children OF these imniRrants
were imbuOd With n false ambition, being
taught too much about their rights, and
too li:,le, II anything ut oil, respecting
their dn!ien. The foreign population hos
changed greatly OF late in It's teelinga
toward tho Government. Upon q tour Of
observation eighteen years ago Ito found
the emig,anta in the west and northwest
ccNtAntsd with their aituation and friendly
TO tho United sta,es, but recent Wait
had revealed widespread d!scontent and
in many CAGES positive hatred. 10 did
not behave IL 10 DO true any longer thatho
one need Etarve In ;hlS country who wan
willing to work. he advocated st.onS-
ly aud elcquently tho restriction
Of immigration, making the inpres.
sion, though not expressing 1t In 80 many
words, shst hs would Welcome tho passage
I'D lair anlution Of the problem Of tho bill
recently introduced by SenAtot Palmer.
The next speaker on this subject wau Dr..
y. l.. Baldwin, who, though be now re-
hides In Boston, wRs for twenty ycaIs q
missionary to China, aud Ia one Of the
atauncheat friends OK the Chinese here.
The restriction OF immigration, no said,
had begun ct tho wrong end. It should
have commenced, not ct the Golden Gate,
but 4. Sandy Hook. We exclude the In.
dusiricus Ohinee and open our doors TO
tho anarchist and sOoiallet. He wanted
Ch!namen 10 have the came protection
here that Ghristiana had alInoat uniyer-
sally in ChiGa. He had known mie.
sionary TO DO shielded from death by n
Buddhist p,ieas, but when hunted Chi-
naman sought refuge ct Rock GprinQs,
| Wyoming, in the houso OF q Christian
| miIistes. be Was told by the minister he
had bsItor moyD on, which he did-to his
death. Mr.. BaldWin's paper raised the
brethren 10 high pitch Of righteous in.
| digaatiou, and proved to be one Of the
most telling hits Of the Conference.
THE uIsUsE OF WEALTH.
President Gates, OF Rutger'n College,
Was tho esgayist on this theme, and he
IVES one Of the few selec:od speakers who
did not read asramarks, tho variation in
thi5 particular being quito enjoyable, es.
peClaliy 60 the speaker lad his theme 80
vel! in hand.
In thelanguace Of AL Eogiishnsn, said
tho speaker, I'VE aro TOO beastly pros.
psrous in ,hia County" Industry ia
money getting could not save US; tina.
wealth IVES becoming common Afforded
DO guaranty Of q prosperous common.
wealth. The wealthy who lived on whs!
had been letE them by their foreiathe1s
were s5 reaily! paupsl1 Gs were ,thcss
supported in aimshouses. Wealth did
net fxampt from ueoiul industry, and the
| crying need Of the times was that those
having wealth Baonld uss it % the stsy.
artB OF God. D.. Matlock, OF Philadel.
phia, though! ministers we're 10. 90 fsith.
iul as they should ibe In impreasirc upon
rich ngn tho duty Of donying themselves.
ESTABLISHMENT FROM TIE CHURCHES.
Bishop ]. F. u1rSt, in presenting th;s
! topic, lad that 1t va tue OF the Whola
! ChrstenGom thas Therc ous psrson enter.
ed the church two psssod by.
IN Berlin. with its million and quarter
OF population, there were bu. gixty pIaces
Of Worahip, or ono.chu,ch to eys,y 9, GOO
gcula. It wea better here, though with but
one church in New York city to every
2.iG3 OF tbs population, and in st. Louie
but ore for every $500, and other places
OF like importance not much better of,
there wa9 food fur uDrions red .csion and
room for mueh Cnria:iaa enterprise. Tho
poor must hayo churcbpa and must DO
made %elcnnlo there. To reach tbs I'm.
evaagel;z I'd masses the greatest need WIG
10 secure the help OF coDsecrated women,
II women vera needed in foreign tisl1e,
go were they needed 10 the homo field.
DR.. Pier9on, Of Philadelphia, followed in
telling Opeeoh in which 10 advocated more
unsloved contact Of tina rich with the Door,
and the sboii!!on OF tho psw syaten in the
churches.
THE Balloon,
DR.. T. S. Macarthur, Of New York, OPEN
ed up this pregnant theme, and in doing
go he opened up something of hornets
nest. Lis plea WAS for unity sniony the
friends OF temperance, but some thought
him little unfair in wanting all to unite
on his platform OF high license. Aak;nr
what high liconHo was, a voice in the az
dience cried out "lts compact with the
Devil" but the speaker wa3 not ct all ON.
barrassed, aid Thilo como evidently dis.
eented, it wGa clear that large number
in the sudionco heartily endorsed bis
yiew9., Hs had recently been attacked,
he said, by tho Koiet, and the mesnest
things evss aGid Of temperance people
were said by those OF their own rsnks.
In twenty months 1880 saloons had
been closed in New Y orr city, and he gro.
posed to stsy il the field till triumph
came.
Dr.. Haygocd, OF Georgia, one OF the
briGh:sst men in all tho Sunny South, OBJ
served that the thing most to be feared in
connection with the saloon was that the
mass OF the people did not fear it, Tbs
ealoon he held to be chiefly responsible
iof the dietress among lsboring psople.
The poor had other good grounds to cora.
plain, but II the eAloon wero out OF the
way ell elss could be borne. Referring to
emancipation, he held it to DO q great
blcnsing, but nppea'od powerfully to those
who he'd freed tho alsyss TO SEQ that thsy
were not now crushed by the saloon.
:, PALMER's sSlS.eUccrss positively cureu
Shin diseases. Soap and Ointment, cleanse